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ISHR – International Society for Human Rights /
IGFM - Internationale Gesellschaft für
Menschenrechte
Freedom of Opinion and of the Press for all Cubans
- Perspectives for a Democratic
Change in Cuba -
A Conference of the International Society for
Human Rights,
KTC, Königstein/Taunus, Germany. May 5 – 6, 2006
Held under
the Auspices of Professor Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP
Head of the EVP-ED Group in the European Parliament
Preliminary Program
Friday, May 5
11.30 – 13:00 Registration for the Participation in the Conference
at the KTC Reception and
Lunch with members of the ISHR board in the KTC Restaurant
13.00 - 13.15 Opening and Greetings, Martin Lessenthin,
Spokesman of the ISHR
Board
13:15 – 13.45 Opening Speech:
What does it mean to be informed or to inform people in Cuba?
Frank Calzon, Center for a Free Cuba, Washington D.C.
13:45 - 14:15 Free Media Informations for People Under
Dictatorship
Voice of America programs for Cuba, Asia and other regions
Pedro V. Roig, Director of The Office of Cuba Broadcasting
14:15 – 14:45 Suppression of Freedom of Opinion is a Sign of
Dictatorship
Holger Haibach, MP, Speaker of the Christian Democrats in the
Parliament Human Rights Commission of the Deutscher Bundestag
14:45 - 15:15 Freedom of Press and Freedom of Information for
all Cubans
Sylvia Iriondo, M.A.R., Miami, USA
15:15 – 15:45 Working for Human Rights and Democracy in Cuba
Annette Schwarzbauer, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Team Latin
America
15:45 – 16:15 The German View on Independent Writers and
Journalists in Cuba
Erika Steinbach, MP, Human Rights Spokesperson of the Christian
Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU)
16:15 – 16:45 Independent Libraries in Cuba
Ramon Colas, Founder of the Movement for Independent Libraries,
Jackson
16:45 – 18:00 1st Panel – Transformation Through Freedom of
Opinion and Press
Moderator: Wilhelm Hölkemeier, Political Editor, Südwestpresse,
Ulm
Speakers: Katharina Grieb, ISHR, Vienna, Austria
Pedro V. Roig, Director of The Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Milan Nič, Pontis Foundation, Bratislava, Slovakia
Henrik G. Ehrenberg, Editor-in-Chief, Tidningen Kristdemokraten,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Alexis Gainza Solenzal, Director Misceláneas de Cuba, Stockholm,
Sweden
Matthias Nückel, Editor-in-Chief, Neue Bildpost
Klaus Kelle, Correspondent, Bild Zeitung, Düsseldorf
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 – 20:30 2nd Panel – NGOs and Politicians: International
Co-operation for a
Democratic Change in Cuba
Moderator: Katrin Wittig, ISHR, Germany
Speakers: Caleb McCarry, Coordinator Cuba Transition, Department
of
State, USA (TBC)
Dr.h.c. César L. Alarcón, President MCUD International, Baltimore,
USA
Liduine Zumpolle, Cuba Futuro, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Haydee Marin, PanAmerican Comittee of ISHR, Miami
Balazs Aron Kovacs, Freedom House, Budapest/New York
Boris Luis Santa Coloma, Todos Unidos and Cuban Social Democrats in
Exile, Berlin
Jadranka Cigelj, ISHR, Zagreb, Croatia
Igor Blascevic, People in Need, Prague, Czech Republic
Jochen Langer, ISHR, Germany
Saturday, May 6
08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast in the KTC Restaurant
09:30 – 10:30 The European Policy for Freedom of Press and
Human Rights in Cuba
Michael Gahler, MEP, EVP-ED Group, Human Rights Commission EP
11:00 – 12:30 Handing over the ISHR Media Award Human Rights
2005
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Witnesses Reports
Huber Matos, Former Political Prisoner and Former Comandante of the
Cuban Revolution
Angel de Fana, Former Political Prisoner, President Plantados
Blanca Gonzales, Mother of an Imprisoned Cuban Journalist
15.30 – 18:00 Workshop – Open to Journalists and Human Rights
activists
1st Workshop: What Can the European Media Do for a
Civil Society in
Cuba
Introduction: Carmen Maria Rodriguez, New York Correspondent
Radio
Martí
Alexis Gainza Solenzal, Director Misceláneas de Cuba, Stockholm,
Sweden,
Christine Frey, ISHR Cuba Working Group
2nd Workshop: Possible Transition Programs for Cuba and their
effect
on Human Rights
Introduction: Dr.h.c. César L. Alarcón, President MCUD
International,
Baltimore, USA
Huber Matos, Former Political Prisoner and Former Comandante of the
Cuban
Revolution,
Edgar Lamm, Member of the ISHR Board
3rd Workshop: Medical Apartheid in Cuba
Introduction: Laida Carro, President Coalition of Cuban American
Women
Dr. José Carro, Cuban-American Pediator
Dr. med. Reinhard Gnauck, Former President of the International
Council of
the ISHR
Léonie J. Wagner, ISHR Cuba Working Group
18:00 – 19:00 Workshop Reports
Reporters: Eng. Maria Elena Morejón, Birgit Schlicke,
Manuel Paulus
ISHR Cuba Working Group
Final Remarks by Martin Lessenthin, Spokesman of the
ISHR Board and
Chairman of the International Cuba Working Group of ISHR
19:00 – 19:30 Dinner
19:30 – 21:30 Concert for Human Rights
21:30 – 00:30 Human Rights Film Festival
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Working language of workshop: English
Source:
Authorized by Press Department, International Society of Human Rights (I.S.H.R.)
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